John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 50:45
Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord that he hath taken against Babylon ,.... The same is said in Jeremiah 49:20 ; only, instead of Edom, Babylon is here put, and in the next clause: and his purposes that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans ; instead of the inhabitants of Teman, the land of the Chaldeans: surely the least of the flock shall draw them out ; the weakest and most feeble in the army of Cyrus should be more than a match for any in Babylon, and should... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 50:33-46
We have in these verses, I. Israel's sufferings, and their deliverance out of those sufferings. God takes notice of the bondage of his people in Babylon, as he did of their bondage in Egypt; he has surely seen it, and has heard their cry. Israel and Judah were oppressed together, Jer. 50:33. Those that remained of the captives of the ten tribes, upon the uniting of the kingdoms of Assyria and Chaldea, seem to have come and mingled with t hose of the two tribes, and to have mingled tears with... read more